Suspect: White male
Age: Early 20's
On 1-12-07,
Chesterfield Township Police requested the assistance of a MSP Forensic Artist
to assist with a sketch of an attempted CSC suspect. Victim was assaulted while
walking home from the bus stop on this date. After interviewing the victim, a
composite sketch was completed and distributed to the media.
After
viewing the composite sketch on the news, the parents of 18 year-old Eric Andrew
Ritchie, also of Chesterfield Township, confronted him and turned him into
police. A full confession was obtained from Ritchie and he was arraigned on the
charges of second decree criminal sexual conduct.